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A closer look at what's been called "one of the transportation safety field's greatest success stories."<p>Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced an 18-month campaign to improve road safety across the country. One of the things DOT plans to do is create a guide to "road …

Sweden's top traffic safety strategist visits New York to share lessons from the original "Vision Zero."<p>Matts-Åke Belin has a job title that might sound a little foreign to an American ear, but one that’s very important in his home country of Sweden: traffic safety strategist. He holds that …

The Guardian Teacher Network has resources to assist teachers during Road Safety Week, to educate children of all ages about the dangers on our roads<p>The statistics make stark reading. Every 30 seconds someone, somewhere in the world, is killed in a road crash. Deaths from road accidents are so …

The world's most dangerous country for drivers is hoping legislation and education will end the disregard for road rules<p>From the dirt road that leads to his home, César Teharan steers on to the raucous main street of a Dominican suburb on a 125CC motorbike with his two sons behind him.<p>It is chaos …

More than a million people die on the roads each year, yet this man-made problem is seldom the priority the numbers suggest  Listen to the podcast<p><b>AK</b>: Annie Kelly<p><b>KW</b>: Kevin Watkins<p><b>KMcM</b>: Kate McMahon<p><b>CR</b>: Veronica Raffo<p><b>AK</b> Welcome to the Global Development podcast, I'm Annie Kelly. Today we're going to …

Why is road safety still a major blind spot, and when will the issue be addressed?<p>A young aid worker getting ready for her first big move to a developing country might worry about falling ill with malaria, typhoid, or dengue fever, or perhaps being the unfortunate victim of a random act of …

While cyclists reject a proposal for separate cycle lanes and criticise coroners who blame riders for fatal road accidents, the new Belisha beacons are causing problems for other road users<p>Cyclists and their grievances<p>The Cyclists' Touring Club are to hold a general meeting tomorrow, at which two …

Despite efforts to tackle road safety, fatality rates remain three times higher in Latin America than in parts of Europe<p>The family of Susana Suárez, a 35-year-old Venezuelan dentist, are still in shock over her death in a traffic accident in May. She and a friend were killed on their way back from …

<b>The fake body of a dead cyclist has been left on the side of a dangerous stretch of road in Belarus as part of a police safety campaign, it appears.</b><p>The scene was set up to look like a hit-and-run, with a mangled cycle and tyre tracks left near the dummy. But officers found only nine people stopped …

After devising policies to protect non-motorised traffic, Uganda will become a pioneer in road safety in sub-Saharan Africa<p>Sub-Saharan Africa is the most dangerous place in the world to travel by foot. Pedestrians account for 22% (pdf) of road fatalities worldwide; in Africa, this proportion rises …

Casualties are up by 9% as campaigners say increase comes after years of decline in people killed or badly hurt<p>Safety campaigners fear cuts are fuelling a rise in road casualties, with the number of people killed or seriously injured sharply increasing in the first six months of this …

YouGov survey conducted for ITV documentary on Britain's car crashes shows the nation favours having CCTV and speed cameras regarding road safety<p>No matter how much we complain about speed cameras, it appears that when push comes to shove, we would rather have them than not at all.<p>Almost half of</b> …

Motoring and road safety groups call on government to take action, with Institute of Advanced Motorists blaming cuts in traffic police as possible factor<p>The annual figure for child deaths and serious injuries on the roads has risen for the first time in 20 years. The number of children under 16 …

Pollution is another huge problem. Trams might be an answer<p>Five cyclist killed in two weeks on London's roads calls for action, as your article ("Two weeks, five deaths, more grief: do we need to find a smarter way to protect our cyclists?", News, last week) and the comment by Christian Wolmar …

The mother of man killed in a motorbike crash releases video of his fatal crash as part of hard-hitting campaign to make other bikers and motorists aware of the dangers on the road<p>A dramatic film, captured on a headcam fitted to the rider’s helmet, shows the moment a car crosses into the path of …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - This year, the family of Rakesh Pillai, a bank employee, achieved a long-held aspiration. After hauling themselves around on bicycles and scooters all their lives, they bought a white Suzuki Wagon R, one of India’s best-selling compact cars.<p>It didn’t matter that no family …

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Brazil did not perform as expected today but ended up winning, 3-1, against Croatia in the World Cup opener.<p>Despite the final result not making justice to what happened on the field, Oscar was outstanding for Brazil. The Chelsea playmaker made a true difference for El Selecao.<p>Since the beginning of …